About Elrod / Samantha

Real Estate Prices and Overview

Elrod / Samantha median real estate price is $108,616, which is more expensive than 53.5% of the neighborhoods in
Alabama and 21.6% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.

The average rental price in Elrod / Samantha
is currently $375, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis.
Rents here are currently lower in price than 99.6% of Alabama
neighborhoods.

Elrod / Samantha is a rural neighborhood (based on population
density) located in Northport, Alabama.

Elrod / Samantha real estate is primarily made up of medium sized (three or four bedroom) to small (studio to two bedroom)
single-family homes and mobile homes. Most of the residential real estate
is owner occupied. Many of the residences in the Elrod / Samantha neighborhood
are established but not old, having been built between 1970 and 1999. A number of residences were also built between 2000 and the present.

Vacant apartments or homes are a major fact of life in
Elrod / Samantha. The current real estate vacancy rate here is 26.3%.
This is higher than the rate of vacancies in 91.9% of
all U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, most vacant housing here
is vacant year round. This can sometimes be the case in neighborhoods
dominated by new construction that is not yet occupied.
But often neighborhoods with vacancy rates this high are places that
can be plagued by a protracted vacancy problem. If you live here, you
may find that a number of buildings in your neighborhood are actually empty.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from
its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This
neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as
revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything
from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people
get around.

Notable & Unique: Diversity

Did you know that the Elrod / Samantha neighborhood has more
Belgian and Scots-Irish ancestry people living in it than nearly
any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.3% of
this neighborhood's residents have Belgian ancestry and 3.5% have Scots-Irish ancestry.

Notable & Unique: Real Estate

This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 28.39 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 93.2% of America. One of the notable things about Elrod / Samantha is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.

Notable & Unique: Occupations

More people work in manufacturing and as laborers here in the Elrod / Samantha
neighborhood than in 96.9% of the neighborhoods in America. Despite
the loss of manufacturing jobs across the nation, this neighborhood remains
a place where, compared to other parts of the country, you will find many
laborers and manufacturers.

Notable & Unique: Car Ownership

We Americans love our cars. Not only are they a necessity for most Americans
due to the shape of our neighborhoods and the distances between where we
live, work, shop, and go to school, but we also fancy them. As a result,
most households in America have one, two, or three cars. But NeighborhoodScout's
exclusive analysis shows that the Elrod / Samantha neighborhood has
a highly unusual pattern of car ownership.
Residents of this neighborhood must really love automobiles. NeighborhoodScout's
Analysis reveals that 28.8% of the households here have four, five,
or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 96.0% of
the neighborhoods in the nation.

The Neighbors

The Neighbors: Income

How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low
income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a
neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children,
who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities,
the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty,
which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals
both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.

The neighbors in the Elrod / Samantha neighborhood in Northport are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood.
NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has
a higher income than 50.8% of the neighborhoods in America.
In addition, 9.0% of the children seventeen and under
living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which
is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 67.0%
of America's neighborhoods.

The Neighbors: Occupations

A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel
rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if
most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is
the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits
your lifestyle and aspirations.

In the Elrod / Samantha neighborhood, 41.6% of the working population is employed in
manufacturing and laborer occupations.
The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is
executive, management, and professional occupations, with 23.9% of the residents employed.
Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants
(16.6%), and 14.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

The Neighbors: Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents,
our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior - comes
from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting
and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or
more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives
each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same
city can have drastically different cultures.

In the Elrod / Samantha neighborhood in Northport, AL, residents
most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (6.2%).
There are also a number of people of Irish
ancestry (4.5%), and residents who report Scots-Irish roots
(3.5%), and some of the residents are also of German
ancestry (3.5%), along with some Belgian ancestry residents
(3.3%), among others.

The Neighbors: Languages

The most common language spoken in the Elrod / Samantha
neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.5% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (2.5%).

Getting to Work

How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your
day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially
with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and
means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically
located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set
up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike.
The greatest number of commuters in Elrod / Samantha neighborhood spend
between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (45.7% of working
residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S.
neighborhoods.

Here most residents (89.2%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work.
In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (9.2%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning
a car useful for getting to work.

* Depending on where you live in this neighborhood, your children may attend these schools or other schools outside the neighborhood. Always check with your local school department to determine which schools your children may attend based on your specific address and your child's grade-level.

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